Depends on what you do, a decent paid IT job is around 25.000-30.000 a year. Some jobs are even better paid and most other jobs are worst. But if you draw the line, with a decent education you can make a living here.
I like it here, been abroad and had a job well paid but still I made the decision to go back home, what I make here is enough to make me happy: I pay the bills, have my own house (100 year old red stone one with a lot of issues, but I love it), I afford to take nice vacations, go eat something good, have 0 bank loans. Well I don't afford a 500$ or even a 200$ Clack, but I'm happy with my life and I wouldn't change it in any way. Getting screwed in a GB upsets me, because that for me is not pocket change....also paying a user for stuff and then goes MIA makes a hole in my hobby budget....